OM! PHILOSOPHY | METAPHYSICS & EPISTEMOLOGY | All the major steps of science in the past were done by people who were very aware of methodological , fundamental , even Metaphysical questions being posed . When Heisenberg does quantum mechanics , Heisenberg is in a completely Philosophical mind . ~ Carlo Rovelli

PHILOSOPHY

|| D1 || By that which is self-caused , I mean that whose essence involves existence ; or that whose nature can be conceived only as existing .

|| D2 || A thing is said to be finite in its own kind , when it can be limited by another thing of the same nature ; for example , a body is said to be finite because we can always conceive of another body greater than it . So , too , a thought is limited by another thought . But body is not limited by thought , nor thought by body .

|| D3 || By substance , I mean that which is in itself , and is conceived through itself ; that is , that the conception of which does not require the conception of another thing from which it has to be formed .

|| D4 || By attribute , I mean that which the intellect perceives of substance as constituting its essence .

|| D5 || By mode , I mean the affections of substance ; that is , that which is in something else and is conceived through something else .

|| D6 || By GOD , I mean an absolutely infinite being ; that is , substance consisting of infinite attributes , each of which expresses eternal and infinite essence .

|| EXP || I say " absolutely infinite " , not " infinite in its kind " . For if a thing is only infinite in its kind , one may deny that it has infinite attributes . But if a thing is absolutely infinite , whatever expresses essence and does not involve any negation belongs to its essence .

|| D7 || That thing is said to be free , which exists solely from the necessity of its own nature , and is determined to action by itself alone . A thing is said to be necessary or rather , constrained , if it is determined by another thing to exist and to act in a definite and determinate way .

|| D8 || By eternity , I mean existence itself , insofar as it is conceived as necessarily following solely from the definition of an eternal thing .

|| EXP || For such existence is conceived as an eternal truth , just as is the essence of the thing , and therefore cannot be explicated through duration or time , even if duration be conceived as without beginning and end .

|| AXIOMS ||

|| A1 || All things that are , are either in themselves or in something else .

|| A2 || That which cannot be conceived through another thing must be conceived through itself .

|| A3 || From a given determinate cause there necessarily follows an effect ; on the other hand , if there be no determinate cause , it is impossible that an effect should follow .

|| A4 || The knowledge of an effect depends on , and involves , the knowledge of the cause .

|| A5 || Things which have nothing in common with each other cannot be understood through each other ; that is , the conception of the one does not involve the conception of the other .

|| A6 || A true idea must agree with that of which it is the idea .

|| A7 || If a thing can be conceived as not existing , its essence does not involve existence .

THE concept of the atom goes back much further than the beginning of modern science in the seventeenth century ; it has its origin in ancient Greek philosophy and was in that early period the central concept of materialism . . .

If it becomes desirable to formulate any cognition as science , it will be necessary first to determine accurately those peculiar features which no other science has in common with it , constituting its characteristics ; otherwise the boundaries of all sciences ; otherwise . . .

Philosophy being nothing else but the study of wisdom and truth , it may with reason be expected , that those who have spent the most time and pains in it should enjoy a greater calm and serenity of mind . . .

It is customary to preface a work with an explanation of the author's aim , why one wrote the book , and the relationship in which one believes it to stand to other earlier or contemporary treatises on the same subject . In the case of a philosophical work , however . . .

|| PART I | CONCERNING GOD || DEFINITIONS || D1 | By that which is self-caused , I mean that whose essence involves existence ; or that whose nature can be conceived only as existing . | D2 | A thing is said to be finite in its own kind , when . . .

| #1 | The world is everything that is the case . | 1.1 | The world is the totality of facts , not of things . | 1.11 | The world is determined by the facts , and by these being all the facts . | 1.12 | For the totality of facts determines what is the case , and also all that . . .

" Hammer on ! hammer on ! " is the first principle of success . Without work you can never succeed . A lazy person is bound to perish in the " struggle for existence " , one cannot live , one must die .

Rise to the GOD-Consciousness to such a degree that for you your past relations may become a complete blank . . . Your relation to the world should become the relation of GOD to the world ; an entire change .

From one point of view , mind and intellect are not Brahman ; but on the other hand , mind and intellect are nothing else but Brahman , even the body is nothing else but Brahman , and Everything in the world is nothing else but Brahman .

Can you transfer your consciousness ? Put it here , your consciousness should sit here . Can it sit here ? Now it is inside your body . It is operating through the body and you are seeing through the aperture of your eyes and then perceiving a person like me here .

Immanuel Kant is said to have been woken up by Hume from " dogmatic slumber " and brought about a " Copernican revolution " in the field of philosophy . In Kant we begin to reap the ripe fruits of philosophy , for it is here that it shows signs of its having reached maturity and full development .

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PRABODHASUDHAKARA | THE NECTAR OCEAN OF ENLIGHTENMENT | PART 2 | DEVOTION | SRI ADI SANKARACARYA | TRANSLATION & BHASYA BY SAMVID | PSNOE SERIES || The devotional fervour which the author exhibits in the four concluding sections of this work would appear to be in sharp contrast with the author's relentless pursuit of truth through rational enquiry , found in the earlier sections .

I am composing the Atmabodha , or Self-Knowledge , to serve the needs of those who have been purified through the practice of austerities, and who are peaceful in heart , free from cravings , and desirous of Liberation .

One who has one's mind Self-absorbed through Yoga , and who has the vision of sameness everywhere , sees this Self existing in everything , and everything in one's Self . | One who sees Me in everything , and sees all things in Me — I do not go out of one's vision , and one also is not lost to My vision .

Some minds with too much self reliance in themselves , and without considering the true nature of things , give them different forms and colours , according to their own conceptions and opinions , though far from truth .

VOL 1 | BOOK II | CHAP XVII | VERSE 10 | ON THE CONTENTS OF THE WORK | IT CONTAINS SIX BOOKS all fraught with sentences full of reason , and each distinct from the other in its import . It has many verses containing chosen examples on all subjects .

DANGEROUS HABIT OF CONSTANT SELF JUSTIFICATION | To go on claiming this so-called freedom , which is no more than a subjection to certain ignorant cosmic forces , is to indulge in a blind contradiction and to claim the right to lead a double life

Imagination in the mind always exaggerates . Exaggeration is a modification of lie . Aspirants should not exaggerate . They should utter words with mathematical and scientific precision . An aspirant is asked to give up company and observe Mouna .

MahaBhava is a Divine Ecstasy . It shakes the body and mind to their very foundation . It is like a huge elephant entering a small hut . The house shakes to its foundation . Perhaps it falls to pieces .

Athato bhaktim vyakhyasyamah | 1. Now , therefore , we shall teach Bhakti , or the Religion of Divine Love . 2. Now , therefore , I will try to explain the process of devotional service . 3. Now , therefore , the doctrine of devotion we shall expound .

Rama has written in simple language , the ordinary thoughts and ideas that satisfy the mind and show the Divine Vision to the writer both within and without . The whole world shining like the diamond is becoming the Divine Ocean .

OM! In Humans , The Past exists only in memory , which is retention , replaying , reconfiguration of stories , fantasies , fiction ; The Future is expectation and fantasy : These thoughts play in The Present , creating a false sense of continuity of personality — Nothing but DREAMING it is .|| SSSV 32.3 ||